Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing the White House to release information about President Trump's meeting with Russian officials.
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R) 8th District, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin, both agree the White House needs to reveal more information about any possible Russian ties.
"I think we deserve a clear and a full account of what happened and I just would urge people on both sides of the aisle to put down their political weapons until we have that," said. Rep. Gallagher.
"The origin of this investigation was Russia’s interference in our democracy, in our elections as we're seeing in other countries,” said Sen. Baldwin. “And, so I absolutely believe we need a special prosecutor urgently."
Sen. Baldwin said the meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and ambassador puts our security at risk.
Rep. Gallagher is a former Marine counter-intelligence officer. He said the toxic political environment us making the search for truth that much harder, while undermining public trust.
"This overall environment of hyper-partisanship and the rush to judgment makes it difficult for any American, just your average citizen, to have confidence in the system and if we lose trust in the basic pillars of democracy, that's a bad place to be,” said Rep. Gallagher.
"Russia is an adversary, this is something we need to take very seriously we must never forget that the origin of this investigation was Russia’s interference in our democracy," said Sen. Baldwin.
The White House says the president had the authority to reveal the information.
